Slidell man killed in overnight crash

24-year-old Jeffrey Cuccia was suspected to be impaired at the time of the fatal crash.

A Slidell man was killed early Saturday morning when his car veered off the road and hit a tree shortly after 5 a.m, authorities said.

State Police said 24-year-old Jeffrey Cuccia was traveling in a 2003 Toyota Camry, driving west La. 433, approximately 1.5 miles west of U.S. 11, when his car swerved and drove off the paved roadway. After veering off of the road, his car smashed into a tree on its left side, causing the car to flip over. Cuccia, who police suspect was impaired at the time of the crash, was wearing a seatbelt but still received fatal injuries and was pronounced dead on the scene by the St. Tammany Parish Cornoner's Office.

A toxicology analysis by the Louisiana State Police crime lab is pending and will determine whether Cuccia was driving impaired at the time of the accident, authorities said.